Definition of veil

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Veil (n.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil..

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Veil :: Veil (n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
Illusion :: Illusion (n.) A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc..
Unveil :: Unveil (v. t.) To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face..
Inveil :: Inveil (v. t.) To cover, as with a vail..
Unvail :: Unvail (v. t. & i.) See Unveil.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc..
Reveal :: Reveal (v. t.) To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
Veil :: Veil (n.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil..
Undrape :: Undrape (v. t.) To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.
Wimple :: Wimple (v. t.) To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil..
Nun :: Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
Silken :: Silken (a.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil..
Unveil :: Unveil (v. i.) To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.
Disenshrouded :: Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.
Domino :: Domino (n.) A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
Cover :: Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
Velum :: Velum (n.) See Veil, n., 3 (b)..
Vail :: Vail (n. & v. t.) Same as Veil.
Veil :: Veil (n.) Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face..
Levet :: Levet (n.) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
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